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Prologue Update Features New Cars

Franchise creator Kazunori Yamauchi has hinted in the past that Gran Turismo 5 may not see the light of day until 2010. However, we'll still be receiving updates to the ever-expanding playable demo, Gran Turismo 5: Prologue.

And one of those updates has just arrived. According to the official PlayStation blog, three new cars and several gameplay enhancements have been made, which means it's time to fire up the game once more. First up is the GT by Citroen - the fancy car pictured here - which was unveiled yesterday at the Paris Motor Show. It's "the result of a groundbreaking collaboration between French automaker Citroen and Polyphony Digital," and you'll be able to purchase this bad boy for 1 million credits. ...yeah, get driving. The other two new cars are the Ferrari California for 300,000 credits and the Lotus Evora for 100,000. You can check out the pics for both over at the blog, and you'll also notice a brief list of gameplay tweaks and upgrades.

During the Time Trial events, speed penalties have been removed, but don't get your hopes up just yet. Instead of the time penalty when the infraction occurs, it will simply invalidate your lap time. Polyphony is also fiddling with the difficulty levels for the races, and they will also give you more money if you finish 1st. That's good news, considering what the GT costs... Lastly, they will offer "improved responsiveness when using the wireless controller, and improved sound volume balance for sound effects and music for a better racing experience." In other words, this is a major update, and you can't miss it. Just remember, that upon downloading, all rankings, arcade trial times and drift trial records, as well as any customizations you've made to your favorite vehicles, will be reset. Awww...

Nice, now if they could do something about the cheaters ( I hate being in first only to be rammed by some one on the last turn because they can't pass me). Bring on the car damage and some kind of negative affect for players who use their cars like tanks.

I hope the full game comes out sooner than 2010. I was really hoping that it would come out next year because I don't want to pay $40 dollars for the demo and pay for all these little upgrades like this one so I would end up paying more for the demo and upgrades than I would if I just bought the full game which will probably sell for $60 like all other New games.

If you think about it, how would GT5 be the 'the real driving simulator' without realistic car damage? If anyone has a problem with it then there should be some sort of option to turn on/off car damage.